All my wood engravings start off as hand drawn illustrations, these are then transferred to end grain wood. My preferred wood type is boxwood and lemon. I use traditional engraving tools to cut the design on the surface of the wood. The block is then either hand burnished or printed on my beautiful 18th century columbian press . Each stage of the art making process is very important to me from drawing to finished print.

Pear wood block and my map of the kingdom of Fife.

“Pandora’s message got lost”

“The Hare and the tortoise”